PlateSpin Migrate Connector provides several advantages for planning, managing, and executing workload transformation projects:
Integrates PlateSpin Transformation Manager and PlateSpin Migrate servers. Migrate Connector integrates Transformation Manager and your PlateSpin Migrate servers by using event messaging and secure REST API communications.
Allows multiple Connector instances. You can have multiple Migrate Connector instances for a single Transformation Manager server.
Each Connector instance can service all projects, or be dedicated to a single project.
Projects can use multiple Connectors, with one or more Connector instances in each source network.
The Connector keeps data and events separate and secure.
Provides automated discovery of details for source workloads. Migrate Connector works with import options in Transformation Manager to discover details for source Windows and Linux workloads.
Provides automated discovery of resources for target platforms. Migrate Connector discovers resources available to a target environment, such as networks and storage. The resources are rediscovered automatically about every 6 hours or on demand.
In a PlateSpin Migration Factory environment, Migrate Connector provides the following migration features:
Applies global settings for Migrate Connectors. System-level Migrate Connector settings in PTM apply globally to all Connector instances registered with the PTM Server.
Drives the automated migration on Migrate Servers. When you submit workloads for automated migration, Migrate Connector uses their transformation plans to drive the automated execution of the migrations to supported target platforms. Global settings control when automated migration jobs are set up, if and when pre-cutover testing begins, and when the jobs are removed after cutover.
Load-balances migration jobs across available Migrate servers. Migrate Connector uses round-robin load-balancing to distribute workload migration jobs evenly across multiple PlateSpin Migrate servers in your project.
Coordinates communications in the PlateSpin Migration Factory environment. Migrate Connector supports polling and eventing types of communications.
Migrate Connector listens for migration events from Transformation Manager for its discovered workloads and delivers them to the appropriate Migrate servers.
Each Migrate Connector listens for migration status events from its associated PlateSpin Migrate servers and delivers them to the appropriate project and workloads.
Each Migrate Connector sends a heartbeat regularly to Transformation Manager, which displays health status for all registered Connector instances.
Supports user-provided callouts. Migrate Connector supports user-provided callouts during the transformation workflow that integrate Transformation Manager with your internal systems.